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1Unit1TheDinnerPartyTeachingmaterial:CollegeEnglishforIntensiveReading(Book2)Teachingcontent:Unit1TextATeachingobjective:Helpstudentsto:1.havearightattitudeonwomen.2.understandthemainideaandstructureofthistext.3.graspthelanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthisunit.4.appreciatethedifferencebetweenformallanguageandcolloquial(spoken)language.Importantpoints:NewwordsandexpressionsTextstructureanalysisStructuredwritingListeningandspeakingTeachingmethod:Explanation;discussion;exemplification.Teachingtime:8hoursTextA:4TextB:2Listeninganspeaking:2Teachingsteps1.LeadintoTextA.2.AskstudentstoreadthetextquicklyandthendoaTrue/Falseexercise.3.Getstudentsactivelyinvolvedinanalyzingandexplainingthetext.4.Introducevocabularyitemsinthetextandassignvocabularyexercisesasafollow-up.5.Setasideabout25minutesforaspeakingtask.6.Offerasummaryofthetext.7.Doadictationorvocabularyexerciseinclass.8.AskstudentstoreadTextBandguidethemthroughtheexercisesfollowingthetext.Lead-inIndiaIndia,officiallycalledRepublicofIndia,isacountryinsouthernAsia,locatedonthesubcontinentofIndia.ItisboundedonthenorthbyAfghanistan,China,Nepal,andBhutan;ontheeastbyBangladesh,Myanmar(alsoknownasBurma),andtheBayofBengal;onthesouthbythePalkStraitandtheGulfofMann鈘(whichseparatesitfromSriLanka)andtheIndianOcean;andonthewestbytheArabianSeaandPakistan.Indiaisdividedinto26statesand7unionterritories.NewDelhiisthecountry’scapitalandoneofitslargestcities.Intheearly18thcentury,followingthedeclineoftheMughalEmpire,BritainexpandeditspowerinIndia,whereBritishinfluencehadbegunintheearly1600s.In1935BritainbegantorelinquishitsholdonIndiaandpassedlegislationprovidingforautonomousIndianlegislativebodies.ExecutivepowerremainedwiththeBritishgovernment,however,until1947whentheIndianpeople,underGandhi’sleadership,wontheirstruggleforindependenceandBritishruleinIndianended.2TheTajMahalTheTajMahal,designedasatombforthewifeofa17th-centuryMughalemperor,wasconstructedbyabout20,000workersfrom1631to1653inacityinnorthernIndia.ThemassivedomedstructurewasconstructedintheIndo-Islamicstyle,usingwhitemarbleandinlaidgems.Ateachcornerisaminaret(prayertower),andpassagesfromtheKoran,theMuslimholybook,adorntheoutsidewalls.Thebodiesoftheemperorandhiswiferemaininavaultbelowthebuilding.TheVictoriaMemorialTheVictoriaMemorialwasbuilttocommemorateQueenVictoria’s25-yearreignoverIndia.AftertheSepoyRebellionof1857,theBritishgovernmentassumeddirectcontrolofthecountry,andin1876theBritishparliamentmadeVictoriatheEmpressofIndia.Herreignendedwithherdeathin1901.MarriageDuringaSikhmarriageceremony,thebrideandgroomintraditionalclothingencircletheSikhHolyBookfourtimeswhilechantingweddinghymns.Sikhism,areligionthatcombineselementsofIslamandHinduism,developedinIndiaduringthelate15thandearly16thcenturies.Today,SikhsmakeupmorethanhalfthepopulationofPunjab.SacredCowIndiahasmorecattlethananyothercountryintheworld.AsacentralpartofIndia’sagrarianeconomy,cattlehaulcarts,plowfieldsandproducemilkfordairyproducts.ConsideredsacredbymanyHindus,cattleareprotectedfromslaughterinmoststatesandareoftenallowedtoroamfree.DiscussionWhodoyouthinkarebraver,womenormen?Pleasegiveexamplestosupportyourstatement.Doyouhavethesamefeelingwhenyouseeawomanscreamingoveraninsectandamanscreamingoveraninsect?Whyorwhynot?Doyouthinkwomencandoeverythingmencan?Whyorwhynot?DetailedReadingbare,bald,naked&nude这几个形容词都含”赤裸的”之意。bare指缺少必要的遮盖物。用于人时，多指身体的部分裸露。例如：Heexposedabarebacktothesun.bald指头上无发，地上无草木，树上无叶等。例如：Hewasalreadybaldattheageof25.naked指全身一丝不挂，暴露无遗。例如：Theyfoundthebodylyinghalfnakedinthegrass.Thechildrenrannakedthroughtheyard.nude主要指人体裸露，也可指房间无装饰。例如：Theboyswentswimminginthenude.argument指辩论双方均以事实或理由来说服对方的辩论。conflict指双方坚持已见、互不妥协，怀有敌意的争论，多暗示分歧极为严重，有时用语言无法解决，只得诉诸武力。debate通常指经过仔细组织和计划的个人或团体之间的辩论。3dispute普通用词，特指长时间，言词激烈，针锋相对的争辩。1.IfirstheardthistaleinIndia,whereitistoldasiftruethoughanynaturalistwouldknowitcouldn’tbe.Whydoestheauthorsaythoughanynaturalistwouldknowitcouldn’tbe?Becausecobrasgenerallyeatsmallanimalssuchasrabbitsandmice,anaturalistwouldtellusthatmilkisnotafavoritefoodforthecobras.2.Aspiriteddiscussionspringsupbetweenayounggirlwhosaysthatwomenhaveoutgrownthejumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouseeraandamajorwhosaysthattheyhaven’t.席间，一位年轻的女士与一位少校展开了激烈的讨论。年轻的女士认为，妇女已经有所进步，不再像过去那样一见到老鼠就吓得跳到椅子上；少校则不以为然。3.Andthatlastounceiswhatreallycounts.”What’sthemeaningof“whatreallycounts?“Itmeans“somethingthatisreallyimportant”.4.Ashelooks,heseesastrangeexpressioncomeoverthefaceofthehostess.What’sthemeaningoflookandseeinthissentence?lookmeanstotrytofindsomethingusingyoureyeswhileseemeans搕ouseyoureyestolookatthingsandknowwhattheyare.5.Sheisstaringstraightahead,hermusclescontractingslightly.hermusclestightenedalmostunnoticeably.2)Thisisanabsoluteconstruction（独立主格结构）usedasanadverbialofbehaviororway.Insteadofv-ingformwecanalsousev-edform,adjective,adverbial,prepositionalphrase,oreveninfinitiveinthisstructure.Moreexamples:Hegroanedandfelltothefloor,bloodstreamingfromhisnose.Herushedintotheroom,hisfacecoveredwithsweat.Thegirlenteredtheclassroom,hernoseredwithcold.Theatta